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How do you open Christmas gifts in your family, individually or FREE FOR ALL?

doodo!doodo!
edited December 2009 in General Chat
In my experience families open gifts two ways, individually, one at a time (There's a pause when some one opens a present, everyone looks and takes it in) OR Free For All.

Are you a Free For All Family Christmas or a individual openers family type?


Free For All means just all at once, out of any sort of real order, no pause.

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  • Olaus PetrusOlaus Petrus
    edited December 2009
    Everyone opens one gift when it's his/her turn and shows what he/she got to others. It's much nicer that way. We are all adults so we're not in rush to open the gifts, like children are sometimes.
  • adventureaddictadventureaddict
    edited December 2009
    We did a 'everyone gets to open one gift at a time'. So everyone is there ripping paper off of one present each, and then aweing over everyone elses gifts as well.

    I live with my partner and his family now, and it'll be pretty much the same thing, except for his 7 year old neice who gets to open all of her presents first(and theres always alot of them -_-)

    I miss those days, going to bed early, getting up at 4am only to have to wait for everyone else to wake up. Good times.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited December 2009
    It depends which family I'm at, if I'm at my grandparents from my mom's side we all wait through youngest to oldest one gift per turn kinda thing, sam ewith my dad's side(although I usually get one gift so I just back away afterward) at home it is a very simple wake up a few minutes after my parents and FREE FOR ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • FriarFriar
    edited December 2009
    We kinda of do both. 'father christmas'' presents are opened free for all, but ones from relatives and friends are opened individually.
  • AndorxorAndorxor
    edited December 2009
    We roll dice,whoever rolls a six can open a present
  • FriarFriar
    edited December 2009
    Andorxor wrote: »
    We roll dice,whoever rolls a six can open a present

    I never get sixes, so i'm glad i don't live in your house! What a novel idea though, i quite like it!
  • nikasaurnikasaur Telltale Alumni
    edited December 2009
    There's always the time when everyone goes "awwww look what your sister got" or when you KNOW your mom is about to pick up your gift and you're waiting for the response, so I think it's a mix of the free-for-all and pausing. Plus there's less gifts than when I was a kid, so the pauses just seem more civil to draw out the moment.

    I usually find a way to wear most of my ribbons and wrapping accessories. It's not attractive, but somehow it became a habit.
  • floweroftheforestfloweroftheforest
    edited December 2009
    Well when I was young we thought we were being incredibly cunning by putting clothes under the crack at the bottom of the door so our parents couldn't see that we were up and opening our presents at an ungodly time in the morning.
    Our delighted crys as all four of us excitedley opened our presents and gasped at each others was only muffled with the muted giggles of our parents laughing at us for thinking we were as smart as we thought we were.
    Happy days!:D
  • AndorxorAndorxor
    edited December 2009
    Friar wrote: »
    I never get sixes, so i'm glad i don't live in your house! What a novel idea though, i quite like it!
    Than you can open your presents one after the other when everyone else watches,because the last one can open without rolling
  • GozzoManGozzoMan
    edited December 2009
    Free For All for children, Individually With Pause for adults :)

    Individually With Pause between adults is nice, but imposing it on excited gift-drooling children seem just not right :o Let the children revel in it!
  • FriarFriar
    edited December 2009
    Andorxor wrote: »
    Than you can open your presents one after the other when everyone else watches,because the last one can open without rolling
    Fair enough.
    Wait, is that an invitation to come and steal your presents?;)
  • Little WriterLittle Writer
    edited December 2009
    The youngest person picks the first gift, it goes around the room until it reaches the person it's intended for, then the others yell "stop!", that person opens it, then chooses another gift to go around, etc. All pretty random.
  • AndorxorAndorxor
    edited December 2009
    You must bring your own present but you can use our die
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited December 2009
    Andorxor wrote: »
    You must bring your own present but you can use our die

    Without reading a few other posts, I was thinking that I better stay far away from you. I thought you meant that you killed people at Xmas as some sort of ritual. :eek:
  • FriarFriar
    edited December 2009
    doodo! wrote: »
    Without reading a few other posts, I was thinking that I better stay far away from you. I thought you meant that you killed people at Xmas as some sort of ritual. :eek:

    Who doesn't? All the cool-kids do it!

    *disclaimer*I do not condone violence. Any xmas sacrificers will have there presents confiscated.
  • pink pineapplepink pineapple
    edited December 2009
    My family has everybody open their presents at once, but when my father and friend (and in earlier years my sister) come to my place for Christmas, I insist in opening the presents one at a time. Exceptions are made when one person has more gifts than the other, then they may be opened at once.
    One year we wrote our names on little pieces of paper (one for every present) and then mixing them together. Then each of us randomly picked one piece of paper and the person whose name was on it got to open a present, but the person who had picked the paper got to choose which present was to be opened. Then between turns we sang Christmas songs. That was kind of fun.
  • ScrawfflerScrawffler
    edited December 2009
    First we get all the presents into separate piles, for each person. Then, we take it in turns to open one at a time. But if two or more people have something really similar/the same then they have to open theirs at the same time, and if one person opens their one long before the other, they mustn't shout out what it is and spoil the surprise! Family traditions, eh?
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited December 2009
    Scrawffler wrote: »
    First we get all the presents into separate piles, for each person. Then, we take it in turns to open one at a time. But if two or more people have something really similar/the same then they have to open theirs at the same time, and if one person opens their one long before the other, they mustn't shout out what it is and spoil the surprise! Family traditions, eh?

    That's pretty much exactly how my family does it.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited December 2009
    Read this joke thread I made I don't know if it's funny just because I started it but I could piss myself laughing
    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsUtencskKZ3.bI4n3BcOFbsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20091218144539AAxbWDT
  • Fishstick_KittyFishstick_Kitty
    edited December 2009
    doodo! wrote: »
    Read this joke thread I made I don't know if it's funny just because I started it but I could piss myself laughing
    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsUtencskKZ3.bI4n3BcOFbsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20091218144539AAxbWDT


    Very funny question! And I answered it accordingly...

    *moo*

    :D
  • FalancaFalanca
    edited December 2009
    doodo! wrote: »
    In my experience families open gifts two ways, individually, one at a time (There's a pause when some one opens a present, everyone looks and takes it in) OR Free For All.

    NONE! And you know how? Wait to be A-MAZED!
    We don't celebrate it.
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